Neglected Tropical Diseases of Oceania: Review of Their Prevalence, Distribution, and Opportunities for Control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kline, Kevin ^a,b   McCarthy, James S ^c   Pearson, Mark ^d   Loukas, Alex ^d   Hotez, Peter J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZYL BENZOATE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BALANTIDIASIS; CHOLERA; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LEPROSY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MYCOSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCABIES; SEROPREVALENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRACHOMA; TREPONEMATOSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; YAWS;

EID: 84873521340     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001755     Document Type: Article

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